Introducing the New Yahoo! Mail  —  Email is the ultimate daily habit.  It's often the first thing we check in the morning and the last thing before going to bed.  Why?  Because it's one of the simplest and most basic forms of communication.  And since it's such an important part of our daily lives …

Fortune Exclusive: Larry Page on Google  —  The press-shy Google CEO talks about mobile computing, his tussles with Apple — and the future of search. … Fortune: When you're thinking about the next bet you're going to make, how do you pick?  —  Larry Page: That's something we've been thinking about a lot.

Microsoft balks at Apple's 30% fee, leaving SkyDrive and apps that integrate with it in the lurch on iOS  —  Microsoft and Apple are currently locked in something of a Cold War over the future of SkyDrive in the iOS App Store.  —  Sources close to Microsoft have detailed to TNW a difficult …

Room for Growth: Microsoft Surface Only Generates 0.13% of All Tablet Web Traffic  —  Two of the biggest players in the computing space - Microsoft and Google - recently launched their most ambitious efforts yet in the tablet marketplace.  Microsoft's Surface was launched on October 26th …

Samsung Galaxy S4 will be a no-show at CES  —  Instead, Samsung will go heavy on the television announcements at next month's Consumer Electronics Show, CNET has learned.  —  Don't hold your breath for Samsung to unveil the Galaxy S4 any time soon.  —  The successor to Samsung's blockbuster …

This Year on Twitter  —  Every day, we're amazed and humbled by the many ways in which people use Twitter, which range from simply retweeting to igniting conversations with hashtags (even around lesser-known topics) to sharing spectacular and far-flung views.

Google Accidentally Transmits Self-Destruct Code to Army of Chrome Browsers  —  Google's Gmail service went down for about 20 minutes on Monday.  That was annoying, but not exactly unprecedented.  These sorts of outages happen all the time.  What was strange is that the Gmail outage coincided …

A better Google News experience on tablets  —  There's something special about reading news on your tablet.  Indeed, swiping through articles brings to mind the familiar feeling of flipping through a favorite magazine or newspaper.  Starting today, Google News feels even more natural and fluid on tablet devices.

47% of consumers interested in Apple television, willing to pay 20% premium  —  A new survey has found consumers are extremely interested in the prospect of an Apple-branded television, and are willing to pay a 20 percent premium over existing TV prices for such a device.

FTC expected to settle Google patent case  —  After months of negotiations, federal regulators and Google could reach a deal as soon as this week over how the search company uses its acquired stock house of patents to target its competitors, according to sources close to the investigation.

Nokia engineer shows how to pirate games from the Windows 8 store  —  Justin Angel, a Nokia engineer working on Windows Phone, has detailed how to compromise Windows 8 games revenue through in-app purchases.  Angel highlights the Soulcraft Windows 8 game as an example of how Windows 8 users …

Fred Wilson hasn't done a 2012 deal  —  Why can't Fred Wilson find a new startup to back?  —  FORTUNE — Fred Wilson is the best-known venture capitalist east of San Hill Road, thanks to both his wildly-popular blog and early investments in such companies as Etsy, Foursquare, Twitter and Zynga (ZNGA).

Facebook Pushes Out Gifts to All U.S. Users (Complete With Holiday Booze)  —  Continuing the charge to ramp up its social gifting product well into the holiday season, Facebook on Tuesday announced the wide rollout of Gifts to Facebook users in the United States.

SkyDrive for Xbox 360 lands today plus 40+ apps before Spring 2013  —  SkyDrive arrives on Xbox 360 today, Microsoft has confirmed, focusing on multimedia sharing as the company teases a gush of more than forty new apps for the console in 2013.  While it's possible to browse all the files …

Touch-enabled Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon with Windows 8 goes on sale from $1,399  —  Lenovo has announced a new (and previously leaked) touchscreen version of its ThinkPad X1 Carbon ultrabook.  The ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch is much the same as its predecessor, but comes with Windows 8 pre-loaded along …

Former Yahoo Exec Blake Irving Named CEO of Domain Giant Go Daddy  —  Go Daddy, the world's biggest Web hosting and domain registration company, has hired former Yahoo Chief Product Officer and Microsoft exec Blake Irving to be its new CEO.  —  The privately-held Scottsdale …

Prioritizing Growth Over Profits, One Kings Lane Raises $50 Million in Capital  —  One Kings Lane, which sells home decor at a steep discount online, just raised its most significant round of capital yet.  —  The $50 million round brings the company's total raised to date to $117 million.

The Bing Social Sidebar Gets a New Look  —  At Bing, we realize that sometimes the most useful information doesn't come from ten blue links.  By bringing together knowledge from social networks with traditional web results, Bing is the only engine that saves you time allowing you to make decisions …

Ballmer, Sinofsky and the struggle for the soul of Microsoft  —  Steven Sinofsky and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer celebrate the completion of Windows 7 at a Microsoft event in July 2009.  (Microsoft photo).  —  This was the rap on former Microsoft Windows president Steven Sinofsky following …

Intel intros Atom S1200 SoC for enterprise apps, data centers  —  Summary: Unveiling its latest technology for data centers, Intel talks up the potential benefits alongside execs from HP and Facebook.  —  Rachel King  —  SAN FRANCISCO — In one of its final announcements of the year …

Rovio Grabs A Producer And Says It Will Finance The Upcoming Angry Birds Film Itself  —  A feature-length Angry Birds film is making baby steps forward.  —  The game's maker Rovio acknowledged that it will be producing and financing the film itself and that it picked up another producer in John Cohen …

23andMe Raises $50 Million in New Funding, Adding Yuri Milner as Investor  —  Personal genomics company 23andMe, Inc. said it had raised more than $50 million in a a new funding round.  The new financing includes Russian investor Yuri Milner, as well as existing investors Sergey Brin of Google …

Google offloads Motorola's China, Brazil factories  —  Motorola has struck a deal to pare back on its manufacturing facilities, allowing Flextronics to take them over.  —  Google's Motorola Mobility unit said it signed a deal to sell its Chinese manufacturing operations to Flextronics …

New EU-wide patent system approved by the European Parliament  —  Now national governments must ratify the agreement, which parliament officials say could cut the cost of obtaining a patent by 80 percent  —  The European Parliament has voted to create a pan-European patent system with the goal …

Microsoft Increases Production and Expands Retail Distribution for Microsoft Surface With Windows RT  —  Makes Surface available at additional retailers, extends successful Microsoft holiday stores into new year.  —  Microsoft Corp. today announced plans to make Microsoft Surface available …